Ni2+/Co2+ doped Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity

To overcome the limited potency of energy devices such as alkaline water electrolyzers, the construction of active materials with dramatically enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance is of great importance. Herein we developed an ion diffusion-induced doping strategy that is capable of...

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Main Authors: Javaid, Shaghraf, Xu, Xiaomin, Chen, Wei, Chen, Jiayi, Hsu, H.Y., Wang, S., Yang, X., Li, Y., Shao, Zongping, Jones, Franca, Jia, Guohua
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2021
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT210100509
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87966
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author Javaid, Shaghraf
Xu, Xiaomin
Chen, Wei
Chen, Jiayi
Hsu, H.Y.
Wang, S.
Yang, X.
Li, Y.
Shao, Zongping
Jones, Franca
Jia, Guohua
author_facet Javaid, Shaghraf
Xu, Xiaomin
Chen, Wei
Chen, Jiayi
Hsu, H.Y.
Wang, S.
Yang, X.
Li, Y.
Shao, Zongping
Jones, Franca
Jia, Guohua
author_sort Javaid, Shaghraf
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description To overcome the limited potency of energy devices such as alkaline water electrolyzers, the construction of active materials with dramatically enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance is of great importance. Herein we developed an ion diffusion-induced doping strategy that is capable of producing Ni2+/Co2+ doped two-dimensional (2D) Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets (NPLs) with exceptionally high OER activity outperforming the benchmark RuO2 catalyst. The co-existence of Co and Ni in Au-Fe7S8 NPLs led to the lowest OER overpotential of 243 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and fast kinetics with a Tafel slope of 43 mV dec-1. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrated that Ni2+/Co2+ doping improves the binding of OOH species on the {001} surfaces of Au-Fe7S8 NPLs and lowers the Gibbs free energy of the OER process, which are beneficial to outstanding OER activity of the nanoplatelets.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-879662023-08-31T03:19:24Z Ni2+/Co2+ doped Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity Javaid, Shaghraf Xu, Xiaomin Chen, Wei Chen, Jiayi Hsu, H.Y. Wang, S. Yang, X. Li, Y. Shao, Zongping Jones, Franca Jia, Guohua To overcome the limited potency of energy devices such as alkaline water electrolyzers, the construction of active materials with dramatically enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance is of great importance. Herein we developed an ion diffusion-induced doping strategy that is capable of producing Ni2+/Co2+ doped two-dimensional (2D) Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets (NPLs) with exceptionally high OER activity outperforming the benchmark RuO2 catalyst. The co-existence of Co and Ni in Au-Fe7S8 NPLs led to the lowest OER overpotential of 243 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and fast kinetics with a Tafel slope of 43 mV dec-1. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrated that Ni2+/Co2+ doping improves the binding of OOH species on the {001} surfaces of Au-Fe7S8 NPLs and lowers the Gibbs free energy of the OER process, which are beneficial to outstanding OER activity of the nanoplatelets. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87966 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106463 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT210100509 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LE120100026 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Javaid, Shaghraf
Xu, Xiaomin
Chen, Wei
Chen, Jiayi
Hsu, H.Y.
Wang, S.
Yang, X.
Li, Y.
Shao, Zongping
Jones, Franca
Jia, Guohua
Ni2+/Co2+ doped Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity
title Ni2+/Co2+ doped Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity
title_full Ni2+/Co2+ doped Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity
title_fullStr Ni2+/Co2+ doped Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity
title_full_unstemmed Ni2+/Co2+ doped Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity
title_short Ni2+/Co2+ doped Au-Fe7S8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity
title_sort ni2+/co2+ doped au-fe7s8 nanoplatelets with exceptionally high oxygen evolution reaction activity
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT210100509
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT210100509
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87966